Metallurgy news

• Turkey's Kardemir has released planned sales volumes for the 1st quarter of 2026 The Turkish manufacturer of integrated long steel Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) announced the planned sales volumes of rebar, billets, beams and rods in rolls for January-March next year.According to the company's statement, Kardemir will sell 156,000 tons of rebar,... 29.12.2025  10:00

• Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes subsidiary acquires 100 percent of JYCRS shares China steel plant Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co., Ltd. Hebei-based Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes announced that it has approved the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Jiangyin China Resources Steelmaking Co., Ltd. by its subsidiary, Wuhu Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes of Anhui Province. (JYCRS)... 29.12.2025  09:00

• The gross profit of Chinese metallurgical enterprises in January-November 2025 amounted to 111.5 billion yuan. In the period from January to November of this year, the ferrous metals smelting and rolling sector in China recorded a gross profit of 111.5 billion yuan (15.9 billion US dollars), compared with a gross profit of 7.86 billion yuan recorded in the same period last year, as announced by the National... 29.12.2025  09:00

• Türkiye imposes AD duty on imports of CR stainless steel sheets from China The final decision of the anti-dumping investigation into imports of cold-rolled stainless steel products from China and Indonesia conducted by the Directorate General of Imports of the Ministry of Commerce, covering the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023, was published in the... 27.12.2025  13:00

• EEC launches AD shelf life verification for seamless OCTG pipes from China The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Armenia, announced the launch of a new anti-dumping investigation in connection with the approaching expiration of anti-dumping duties on... 26.12.2025  18:00

• Japan's steel exports decreased by 3.8 percent in January-November 2025 According to customs statistics published by the Japan Ferrous Metallurgy Federation (JISF), in November of this year, exports of iron and steel products from Japan amounted to 2.40 million metric tons, down 5.7 percent month-on-month and 3.6 percent year-on-year.In the period from January to... 26.12.2025  17:00

• Global Toyota car production Increased by 4.9 percent in January-November 2025 Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation announced that its global car production decreased by 5.5 percent year-on-year to 821,723 units in November this year. In particular, the company's domestic production fell by 9.7 percent to 258,177 units, while its foreign production in the given month... 26.12.2025  17:00

• Turkey's base metals production capacity utilization in December 2025 from November In December this year, the capacity utilization rate of the Turkish base metals industry was 75.8 percent, compared with 75.3 percent recorded in the previous month, while the capacity utilization rate of the Turkish base metals industry was 75.7 percent in December 2024, according to preliminary... 26.12.2025  16:00

• Turkey's construction sector confidence fell 0.5 percent in December 2025 compared to November According to the monthly industry confidence survey published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey fell 0.5 percent to 84.5 points in December this year compared to the previous month.According to the indices based on individual... 26.12.2025  15:00

• EU import quotas for the fourth quarter are exhausted as the end of the year approaches As the EU quota period from October 1 to December 31 draws to a close, some import quotas for certain types of steel products allocated to some countries such as South Korea, India, Japan, China, Turkey have been exhausted, while, according to the latest data from the European Commission, more than... 26.12.2025  15:00